Fishing lure



Dec. 17, 1929. J P, HA NON 1,740,273

FISHING LURE Filed April 20, 1929 jwen \jc zsscjt ska/luiow/ 1 disclosure to a more or less definite tppe, 7

Patented Dec. 17, 1929 PATENT OFFICE JESSE IP. SHANNON, OFLAKE GENEVA, WISCONSTN rrsnme LURE Application filed April 20,

This invention relates to improvements in fishing lures and more particularly to artificlal bait equipped 4 with metal spinners which rotate as the lure is drawn through the water. 1

Bait or lures fittin this description may be of various kinds an sizes depending on the particular style of fishing for which they are designed, so that it is necessary to confine the such as the feathered hook or weighted used extensively in bait casting. .Lures of this type generally consist of a single hook concealed by feathers and having-the spinner so attached as to' spin near the hook.

To make such lures more attractive, it is customary to dress them by adding a strip of pork rind, which when drawn through the water resembles the movement of a minnow or other small fish. The pork rind is usuall attached directly to the hook, or to the shan thereof, and in some cases a special ri' or harness has been'provided. So far as am aware, however, no means has been rovided for attaching a pork rind strip'to t e spinner, or other equivalent part of a lure.

The object of. the present invention is, therefore, to provide an improved lure, em-

bodying the attachment of a pork rind strip 3() or its equivalent to a rotative' spinner, or like part, which is actuated by the travel of the lure through the water but with a movement quite independent thereof.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a feath-' ered lure havin a spinner mounted to rotate on the extende shank thereof, with provisi'on for attaching a pork' rind strip;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the spinner removed, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of another. type of lure having a separate arm for the attachment of the spinner and the rind attached thereto.

The lure illustrated in Figure 1 consists of a barbed hook 1, partiall if not entirely, concealed in a sheath 2 of eathers secured at the shank end of the hook where is also mounted a conical shaped weight 3. Extendao ing beyond the weight 3 is a bare stifi wire 4 the wire passes. Midway 1929. serial no. 356,674.

forming an extension of the shank of the hook 1 and terminating in a swivel eyelet 5 for attachment to the end of a line. Mounted for free rotation on thewire 4.- is a spinner 6, consisting of a metal spoon-shaped blade 6 rounded at its outer end and tapering toward its inner to form a bearing 6 through whichof its len h,- an arm 6 is struck from the blade and ent at right angles thereto, this arm having a hole at its ends through which the wire also passes, thus providing a two point bearing for the spinner, which rotates in a fixed path about the wire, maintaining a constant position relative to its axis of rotation, at the same time being free to slide along the wire in both directions. At one side ofthe blade and adjacent the base of the bearing arm 6 is another arm 7 bent to assume a posit-ion parallel to the v wire 4, and having its end bent to form a hook 7*. To this arm is attached a strip of ork rind 8 or other suitable material,

having a slit at one end for convenience in attaching. The strip 8 thus attached to the s inner, rotates with it as the lure is drawn t rough the water, with a combined wrigglin motion.

T e arrangement or rig shown in Figure 3 is similar to that of'Figure 1 except that the spinner is attached to the lure by separate wire 9 fixed at one end at the swivel end of the wire 4, and bentoutwardly at an angle of about 309. The spinner. 10 has a single swivel connection with the .free end of the wire 9 andis provided with'an arm 10" with a' hooked end, for the attachment of a strip, as before. In thisform, the arm. however 18 bent to extend at right an les to the direction. of movement of travel 0 the lure so'that it will traverse a circular path as the spinner revolves, instead of mere] revolving wlth'the spinner as it trails behin it.

The foregoing are but two t pes or rigs illustrative of the attachment 0 a-pork rind stripto the spinner of an artificial bait or lure. Manifestly, many other combinations may be devised, and therefore my invention is not limited to feathered hooks and spinners, but broadly to all types of artificial bait in which means are-provided for attaching a pork rind strip or its equivalent to some part of the lure other than a hook, which. has a rotative, oscillating or wriggling motion relative to the body of the lure as it travels through the water.

I claim as my invention: I

1. A fishing lure comprising a bod portion including a hook, a rotative mem er attached to said body portion and adapted for movement relative thereto in the travel of said lure through the water, and means for attaching a strip of pliable material to said member.

2. A fishing lure comprising a body por tion including a hook, a metallic plate attached to said body portion and having a predetermined movement relative to said body portion as the lure travels through the water, said plate having a hooked portion for the attachment of a strip of pliable material.

3. A fishing lure comprising a hook bearing portion adapted to be attached to a line, a spinner attached to said bearing portion, and a strip of pliable material detachably connected with said spinner and movable therewith in the travel of said lure through the water.

a. A fishing lure comprising a hook bearing portion having a bare wire adapted to be attached to a line, a spinner mounted on said wire and adapted to rotate in the travel of said lure through the water, said spinner having a hook for the attachment of a strip of pork rind.

5. A fishing lure comprising a hook bearing portion having a bare wire adapted to be attached to a line, a spinner mounted on said wire and adapted to rotate in the travel of said lure through the water, said spinner having an arm struck therefrom and provided with a hooked. extremity for the attachment of a strip of pork rind.

Signed at Lake Geneva, Wis, this 16th day of April, 1929.

JESSE SHANNON. 

